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As many of you have probably heard by now, Japan was just hit with a 8.9 quake.  Tsunami waves have killed hundreds.  This enormous quake has wreaked havoc on the environment in catastrophic proportions.

After experiencing such a natural disaster what kind of other damage can be done to an environment?  Well, like I stated the quake caused a tsunami that wiped out homes, businesses, trees, etc.  How can the environment recover from something so major and devastating?

Well, according to Think Quest, the environment first off has to be in precise conditions for a tsunami to even occur.  In this case the earthquake that hit Japan is what caused this tsunami to develop.  How does this directly effect the environment?  Unfortunately, it is all behind the scenes where no one would even expect it.  “Fluids from damaged buildings can harshly effect the environment from entering into the oceans.”  ”Ocean life can become destroyed by this leakage.  It can also get into farm lands and just completely destroy perfectly good soil.”  This sounds worse than you probably thought right?  And you may be thinking, okay so it hurts ocean life and farms.  Well, it also targets us too since it can totally disrupt the economy.

For more information on how the environment can be tampered with after a tsunami, go to thinkquest.org for more details.  These “projects are by students for students.” 

Source: Think Quest